Horatio
English
Etymology
From Latin Horātius, a Roman gens name of uncertain meaning, possibly “timekeeper”. Doublet of Horace.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /həˈɹeɪʃiəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃiəʊ
Proper noun
Horatio (plural Horatios)
- A male given name from Latin.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
- There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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